data:modeling:additive

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An additive attribute is an attribute with a numeric value that can be logically added (You can therefore aggregate over)

In dimensional data, the most command additive attribute are called measure and the results of their aggregation is called a metrics
A label attribute are used to label, filter and/or group on.

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Example

the sales of a product
counter example: a ratio or a stock is not an additive attribute because you can't add them.